Grants awarded
You can search below for information about all grants we awarded. Our grants data is also available in csv format here.
We are committed to transparency, and believe that with better information, grant-makers can be more effective decision makers. In 2017 we started to work with 360Giving to publish information about Arcadia grants (last updated July 2024). Arcadia has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to Arcadia’s grant data, to the extent possible under law, by dedicating it to the public domain with the Creative Commons CC0 waiver. This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to use and share.
Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme
To provide five bursaries for graduates and young professionals from the USA, for graduate studies at Oxford University.
$2,623,373
2008
5 years
Core costs of the organisation
To support the institute's long-term cultural, educational and policy programmes, and to build capacity.
$2,170,173
2008
5 years
Promoting science for all
To help the association reposition itself as a public body dedicated to promoting science for all.
$91,065
2008
1 year
Transforming library services
To set up the Arcadia Fellowship Programme. Fellows' projects look at how technology can improve access to information.
$981,300
2008
2 years
Religion and Democracy in Europe
To research how Europe can peacefully accommodate changing attitudes to religion without compromising secular democratic freedoms,
$19,472
2007
1 year
Sidney Verba Library endowment fund
To support innovation in digital acquisitions and collections, high-density storage, and preservation.
$1,000,000
2007
5 years
Graduate and post-graduate bursaries
To support female graduates attending the institute and provide half-bursaries for them to pursue master's and PhD programmes in South Africa.
$705,420
2007
1 year
Fellowship scheme
To help refugee academics re-establish their professional lives.
$358,596
2007
2 years
Visiting fellowship
To support visiting fellow Dominic Lawson.
$64,691
2007
1 year
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
To challenge present and future leaders to solve problems of global concern, through training, network-building and targeted projects.
$101,560
2007
2 years
Research Centre of Excellence
To acquire and renovate a site for an advanced research centre, in partnership with Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Paris-Sud XI and the South African universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and the Western Cape.
$313,605
2007
2 years
Fellowship scheme
To help refugee academics re-establish their professional lives.
$872,500
2006
1 year
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
To challenge present and future leaders to solve problems of global concern, through training, network-building and targeted projects.
$89,150
2006
1 year
Club of Three: Caucasus Conference 2006
To explore Europe's relations and responsibilities in the Caucasus and Central Asia, political and economic reform processes, and the impact of EU and Russian policies.
$94,110
2006
1 year
Imperial College mathematics summer school
To improve state school students' mathematics.
$139,365
2006
1 year
Expanding the network
To develop the network in Spain, Norway and Turkey, and secure positions for scholars from Iran, Iraq and Bhutan.
$464,550
2006
1 year
HIV/AIDS programme
To treat mothers and carers with HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
$464,550
2006
1 year
Finding homes for Romanian children in institutional care
To employ and train social workers.
$65,037
2006
1 year
Research, advocacy, and outreach to promote women's rights
To prevent discrimination, uphold political freedom, protect women from inhumane conduct in wartime and bring offenders to justice.
$5,000,000
2006
6 years
Scholars at Risk
To give fellowships to scholars facing persecution in their home countries.
$1,000,000
2005
7 years